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A 16-year-old student of the Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board. Mmesoma emerged the overall best in UTME with an aggregate score of 362. The breakdown of her score is as follows: English 98 Physics 89 Biology 94 and Chemistry 81. The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, disclosed this . She commended Mmesoma for her performance, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding.” Chuma-Udeh said “this excellent feat has brought joy and celebration to…

Aminat Gusanu A tragic incident occurred in Otuan, a riverside town in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday when a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s gun. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the father of the deceased, who was a pastor, and his grandfather were reportedly not in town at the time of the incident. It happened Shortly after the deceased, his sister, and friend returned from the bush where they had gone to pick bush mango, also known as ‘Ogbono’, A community source who spoke anonymously said that the girl…

Aminat Gusanu A suspected Fulani herdsman identified as Abu Alli has been arrested by members of a community vigilante group in Agbor-Nta, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect was apprehended in the community’s forest with charms and cut-to-size cutlasses. The vigilante group led by its chairman, Mr Francis Ofuonyeafuzor, raided the forest after it was tipped off by a female farmer in the community, alleging that the young Fulani boy was an informant to herdsmen who have been reportedly attacking residents and travellers in the area. A community source who pleaded anonymity alleged that the suspect…

Adetutu Sobowale The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed rumours that he is desperate  to become the Chief of Staff in the cabinet of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai made this statement to reporters in Gombe on Saturday, while reportedly attending the inauguration of the construction of 550 housing units and the Gombe Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) Service Centre. According to various reports published in national dailies, El-Rufai has been linked to various government portfolios, but he referred to these reports as ‘mere speculation’. The governor stressed that his primary concern is to contribute to the development of…

Former President Olusegun on Friday led christians on a Bible Walk in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital. The walk which was organized by the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) Egba Area was to commemorate the 2023 World Bible Day. The Octogenarian who is also the Asiwaju Onigbagbo of Ogun State led the walk from Ibara Baptist Church till Sapon before he departed for an urgent assignment. Recall that Obasanjo had led old students of Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta in an 18km walk on their 100th anniversary walk. Obasanjo picked a fast pace, a show-off of his fitness during…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday, raided some shanties around the popular Alaba International Market in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his Twitter handle, saying, police acted on credible information. The PPRO however denied online reports that the market was gutted by fire. He explained that some suspected criminals were arrested after the raid while weapons were recovered from them. Hundeyin noted that the shanties were thereafter set on fire by the police. He wrote, “This is a false narrative! Acting on credible…

Former deputy governor of Lagos State during the Michael Otedola administration, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has said that her husband was poisoned by his friends who were beneficiaries of the president-elect, Bola Tunubu . Ojikutu said her husband was killed because of his stance on the management of resources by the then governor ,Tunubu . Tunubu was governor for eight years between 1999 and 2007. While granting interview with The Punch, which was extracted by PLATFORM TIMES, Ojikutu said ” My husband died because of Lagos. My husband was poisoned by the food he took at a club. I warned him…

No fewer than nine students of the Obafemi Awolowo University,Osun State, have been remanded for allegedly beating a colleague, Okoli Ahize, to death for phone theft. An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in the State, gave the order on Friday. Ahize, a Part 5 student of the Department of Civil Engineering, was beaten to death at the Awolowo Hall of Residence in OAU on Monday, April 10, for allegedly stealing a phone. The police prosecutor, ASP Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 10 at about 8:00 p.m. at OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State. He gave the…

Tragedy struck in Cross River State when a tree fell and killed a truck driver . The incident happened around 11:40 pm on Thursday night along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, the state capital . Narrating the incident, the conductor of the truck said that the articulated vehicle had been loaded and the driver awaiting his turn for clearance when he fell asleep. The eyewitness said he heard the thud of the fallen tree but that before he could wake the driver, the latter had died. He called on the government to help protect the lives of truck drivers…

Aminat Gusanu The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to provide ‘Jet A’ fuel for the transportation of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, made this known in a statement issued by Fatima Usara, Assistant Director, Public Affairs of the commission, on Friday in Abuja. Hassan advised the approved air carriers for this year’s hajj to meet the NNPC for briefing and perfection of the arrangement. The chairman said that the commission decided to consult with the aviation…